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FAQ’s on Blackberry Service
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What are the benefits of using Blackberry from Nawras for a business or an IT
professional? |
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It’s best to look at what BlackBerry can do first and then respond to individual users.
Therefore;
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What can the BlackBerry solution do? |
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BlackBerry® smartphones allow mobile users to access communications and
information wirelessly, including:
- Email
- Corporate data
- Instant messaging
- Phone
- Internet and intranet access
- MMS and SMS
- Organizer
You can also have some fun with the newest models of BlackBerry smartphones. Some
of these devices feature
- Camera and video recording
- Media player
- Social networking
- GPS & Maps
Blackberry for corporate users (BES) :
- Send/Receive corporate emails on the go !
- Wireless push sync for corporate emails ,tasks , calendar and contacts
- Access to global address book on the go
- Browse corporate Intranet using BlackBerry Mobile Data Service
Blackberry for an IT professional (BES)
- all of the corporate user functions
- Benefits for the IT Department |
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Security
The BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution was created with corporate data security in mind. - End-to-end AES or Triple DES* encryption — Helps ensure the confidentiality and integrity of wirelessly transmitted information from
behind the firewall to wireless devices in the field.
- Over-the-air wireless IT policy enforcement and commands — Define and wirelessly enforce security settings on devices, as well as
impose device lock-down or wipe data from lost or stolen devices. Learn more about BlackBerry® Enterprise Server IT policies.
- Optional S/MIME** and PGP support — Wirelessly sign and encrypt messages between senders and recipients, providing writer to
reader security functionality. Learn more about PGP support.
- Available BlackBerry Smart Card Reader — Create a secure, two-factor authenticated environment for granting access to BlackBerry®
and PKI applications. Learn more about the BlackBerry® Smart Card Reader
- FIPS 140-2 validated encryption technology — The BlackBerry Enterprise Solution meets strict U.S. government and military encryption standards.Easy to deploy, easy to manage
With the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution, organizations can benefit from deployment and management features that simplify its
administration.
- Role- and group-based administration capabilities — Help reduce security and operational risks and administrative overhead by
delegating permissions by role and creating administrative user groups.
- Over-the-air wireless IT policy enforcement — Provides a fast, cost-effective method for supporting users and managing corporate
policies remotely so users don't have to go without their devices and IT does not have to have devices in hand to make changes.
- Track key device statistics — Easily monitor third party applications loaded, IT policies applied, device models, PIN, software versions and
serial numbers.
- Remote BlackBerry Enterprise Server and network management — Manage the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution and network
infrastructure from wireless devices with available third party applications.
Blackberry for individual users (BES) :
- Send/Receive personal emails on the go ! (eg, yahoo, hotmail , Gmail, etc )
- can integrate with 10 pop3 email accounts
- Browse internet using WAP browser
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What types of Blackberry handsets are presently available for sale and what are the tariffs? |
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Subscription Plans:
National Plan with 20 MB for only R.O 19 per month
Global Plan with unlimited local data and free 3 MB of international roaming data for only R0.29 per month
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How safe and secure is black berry for sending and receiving mails? |
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Blackberry use AES or Triple DES encryption when integrated with BlackBerry Enterprise Server All data packets flowing out from
blackberry device is compressed and encrypted
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Is Blackberry a PDA? |
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It’s a smart phone ….which allows mobile users to access communication and information wirelessly including ..email, corporate Data,
Instant messaging ,internet & intranet access ,MMS & SMS , Organizer
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What if users don’t want to be "too connected”? |
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User can disable the data service and just use the smartphone as a GSM
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What makes Blackberry handhelds different than other products? |
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True Push email …..most of the devices in the market pull the mails from the server but Blackberry handhelds remains unique as the
BlackBerry server pushes the mails to the handheld (ie, device doesn’t request anything from the server)
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Any other points you would like to add? |
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- Its flexible, secure and easy to manage
- Nawras also gives many FREE value added services such as Instant Messenger Plus, Holy Quran, Viigo RSS News Reader, and Stock ticker
to all BlackBerry Enterprise Solution subscribers.
- BlackBerry service also offer free BlackBerry messenger service which is a free text service between Blackberry devices anywhere in
the world
- Nawras Blackberry service offers transparent price plans with no hidden charges.
- Unlike other data devices, Blackberry devices are more cost effective when visiting website and downloading data as it only downloads
what you need and and when you need it.
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